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Identification and molecular characterization of new STLV-1 and STLV-3 strains in wild-caught nonhuman primates in Cameroon.
Virology - 20 Feb 2008
Liégeois Florian, Lafay Benedicte, Switzer William M, Locatelli Sabrina, Mpoudi-Ngolé Eitel, Loul Severin, Heneine Walid, Delaporte Eric, Peeters Martine
Abstract excerpt
Humans and simian species are infected by deltaretroviruses (HTLV and STLV respectively), which are collectively called primate T-cell lymphotropic viruses (PTLVs). In humans, four types of HTLV have been described (HTLV-1 to -4) with three of them having closely related simian virus analogues named STLV-1, 2 and 3. In this study, our aim was to search for a simian HTLV-4-related virus and to document and...
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